Advancing cancer control research in an emerging news media environment

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - Monographs

Volumn , Issue 47, 2013, Pages 175-181

  Smith, Katherine C ^a   Niederdeppe, Jeff ^b   Blake, Kelly D ^c   Cappella, Joseph N ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RESEARCH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NEOPLASM; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MASS MEDIA; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84892469025     PISSN: 10526773     EISSN: 17456614     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgt023     Document Type: Article

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